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Thursday, February 28, 2013

Cheat Sheet - Bob Woodward and the Worst of Washington

Today: WikiLeaks's Manning Pleads Guilty , U.S. to Send $60M to Syrian Rebels , Pope: I'll Be 'Obedient' to Successor
Cheat Sheet: Afternoon

February 28, 2013
Not Watergate

The White House says it didn't threaten journalist Bob Woodward when he questioned the sequester's origins. How amazingly shallow this whole thing is can't be overstated, writes The Daily Beast's Michael Tomasky.

WHISTLEBLOWER

Bradley Manning pleaded guilty to 10 of 22 charges against him in the WikiLeaks case on Wednesday, admitting that he helped engineer the largest intelligence leak in U.S. history. But the Army private denied that the leaks directly benefited al Qaeda—the most serious charge in the case. A military judge will now decide whether to accept the guilty plea, though prosecutors could still pursue the 12 remaining charges. The 10 charges he admitted to carry a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, but Manning could face a lifetime sentence if convicted of aiding the enemy.

HELPING OUT

The White House pledged Thursday to give $60 million in nonlethal aid to the Syrian opposition fighters, who have been fighting President Bashar al-Assad's tyrannical rule for two years in a bloody civil war that has claimed as many as 60,000 lives. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced the policy shift at an international conference in Rome, where European nations are also expected to follow suit. The Obama administration has so far mainly stayed out of Syria, where the rebels' allegiances have been at times unclear, although the president has roundly criticized Assad and supported tough sanctions against his regime. On Thursday, Kerry said Assad is "out of time and must be out of power."

EMERITUS

"Thank you and goodnight." And with that, he's done. Pope Benedict XVI delivered his farewell address Thursday, pledging "unconditional obedience and reverence" to whomever his successor will be—and also hinted at infighting in the Vatican. He left the Vatican be helicopter. Benedict, 85, who cited ill health as his reason for leaving, will first live at the papal retreat castle in Castel Gandolfo and is expected to retire to a monastery on a hill inside the Vatican. Benedict, the first pope to resign in nearly 600 years, has been criticized by Australia's Cardinal George Pell among others. But he warmly embraced Italy's Cardinal Angelo Sodano, who currently has 3–1 odds of becoming the next pope.

Work-From-Home Ban

Is CEO Marissa Mayer's announcement that all staffers must work in the office a bid to end slacking at home or a harbinger of layoffs? That's what current and former Yahooers are asking. The Daily Beast's Winston Ross reports.


Stop the Presses
Businessweek Sorry for 'Racist' Cover
Warned that minorities are buying houses.
WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS…
Girls Gone Wild Goes Broke
Files for bankruptcy.
SUSPICIOUS
Westminster Dog's Death a Mystery
Handler thinks animal-rights activists poisoned Cruz.
BUMMER
'Fifty Shades' Author Goes Tame
Next book won't have as much kinky sex.
BFFS
Rodman, Kim Jong-un: Friends for Life?
Says a delegation spokesman.
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